Law

Intel inside?

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Cyrix and AMD plan the M1 and the K5 chips, designed to run faster than the Pentium when operating at the same clock speed, as the companies offer the first significant challenge to Intel's domination of the microprocessor market. The Cyrix M1 runs 30% faster than a Pentium chip and is already sampling. IBM manufactures the Cyrix chip at its plant, taking finished chips as its fee, and has announced products that use the chip. AMD's K5 is also designed to run faster than a Pentium, but it has yet to be introduced and probably has significant design flaws delaying its introduction. AMD's acquisition of NexGen means that AMD will be able to exploit NexGen's chips and technology. Intel's Pentium Pro technology is too immature for the chip to be a popular success, and the company will try to reduce the size of the chip, which will reduce the amount of heat and electricity that the chip generates.

Dealing with data obsolescence

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Data obsolescence is becoming a big problem within companies that are using older backup devices to store legacy data. Not moving archived data to more modern devices and media can result in an inability to access the data in the future. Advances in technology yield many devices useless within ten years. It is important to ensure that data remains usable over the long-term. A company's automation strategy should choose the media that has the most long-term usability and stability. Finding replacement components for obsolete data access equipment is difficult at best, managers need to ensure that data is usable on both current and future software. One way to help ensure a long life for data is to standardize on products offered by a large company that is likely to continue development far into the future. Storing data in standard formats will also help to ensure continued access.

The poor lawyer's guide to upgrading your computer

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Upgrading a computer system can often obviate the need to purchase a brand new computer. One area that users should focus on is memory where memory management can be improved, more RAM can be made available and DRAM can be added. Hard disk drive optimization will also improve a computer system; users can increase its performance, improve device drivers or upgrade the entire hard disk. Faster video cards and upgraded system boards can also improve computer system performance. Besides upgrading the computer, users can also improve their networks by purging file servers, optimizing the Ethernet network and ensuring that as few as possible desktops are connected to a single network amplifying hub.